The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-04

pushing, loStllug, cfowding, and spelling the
feelings, unless you were able to evade and
avoid them. II you watch your chance the
maddine crowd will soon exhaust themselves,
and go to their veal pattes and 'alf-and-alf-
from which not even the memories OF West
minister can long attract the average English
man or woman. While the throng crowding
into Poets Corner it is we'll to go elsewhere.
Not far from the main door. as you walk toward
the choir. is the slab marking the grave of David
Livingstone. There is one man who earned his
sepulture here To the left of the choir entrance
is a fine statue to Sir Isaac Newton. Very near
Livingstone are the graves os the Herschels,
father and son. and right by their side that of
Charles Robert Darwin. In little recess off
from the doors busts to William Congreve
William Wordsworth and John Keble, and to
Charles Kingsley and Frederick Denison Maurice
These seem to be crowded out of Poets Corner
but they make q corner os their own, little less
interesting than the other In walking about,
picking out here and there names knew the
mural tablet TO Major Andre was found Not
far from this there are tablets to John and
Charles Wesley, with the words, 1.-THE best of
all is, God is with u.s." and 81 look upon all the
world my parish" Isaac Watts has a tablet
also, next to the Wesleys. Out in the cloisters
there a number of noted graves-one found
to ''Muzo Clemento." the father of the piano.
forte. Underneath one slab rest the remains Of
four children of Samuel Wesley brother OF
John. In the Poets Corner statues of Casau-
bon, George Frederick Handel, and to David
Garrick. The mention of these indicate the
cosmopolitan character of the Abbey. Neither
nationality. creed nor profession buys or bars
place in Westminster. BY the time
YOU have sauntered around to Poets
hundreds of memorials of names more or less
great-statesmen, soldiers orators, ct al Enter
ing the corner from the south aisle of the
nave. the first statue is that to Garrck Next
to him is Casaubon. upon whose bust are
scratched the initials. az w, 1858" Gentle
Izaak Walton did this day when he had
strolied In to see the statue of his friend. r
learned this after my first visit. and went back
to the Abbey to see the historic scratches
Along on the same side is a noble figure of Addi-
son. and behind him modest bust of Macaulay
and one of Thackeray. There is nothing to
Dickens, except his name on the dark slate slab
that marks his grave near the foot of Addison's
statue. In the corner several tablets beau
tful and striking, to Milton and to GRAY Nei-
Their is buried here, but the Homer and Pindar
of British poesy. the inscription calls them.
have an honored place. At the other side Of
the south wall is the bust of 20 rare Ben: JON
son"-the original inventor of the colon after
the Ben, plagiarzed by Ben: Perlcy Poore.
Near by is the prince of poets, Spenser and
over the door bust Of Goldsmith, with Dr.
Johnson's well-known inscription. One of the
finest statues. very properly, is to Shakespeare,
who with index-fnger points to the inscription
that 1.-The cloud capped pinnscles," etc, ''shau
dissolve and like the baselees fabric of a vision
cnfr hohr
was an appropriate inscription. L could not see
that it was. Surely Shakespeare has left some
thing behind him, and the very statue refutes
the epitaph The busts of Burns and Colerdge
rest in the shadow of the great Shakespeare. A
standing figure of Thomas Campbell has most
fitting inscription, verse from his fine poem,
1.-The Last Man." and also quotation from
THE Pleasures of Hoppe"
when wrapped in FIRE the realms of ether glow
And heavens last thunder speaks the world below
Thou, undismayed shall Der the ruins smile
And light thy torch at natures funeral pile"
The ole tomb of CHANGER much defaced and
mutila.ed. marks the resting place Of the father
of English poets, and above is the splendid
memorial window that commentaries his
fame Then comes the statue to John Dryden
and between and above the latter two the me-
dalion portrait of Longfellow, which was decor
ated with handsome bouquet the day saw it.
These give but the most meage- outlines of the
rich, historic character Of this Campo Santo
When you stand near the slab of Charles Dick
ems you are equally near the graves of Hande,
Cumberland Macaulay. Sheridan, Garrick
Samuel johnson and old DR.. Parr, who lived 152
years. Where else sucn a spot be found2
Back of the chancel are the chapels curtaining
the tombs of the kings and queens, but there is
use to even name them over. The chapel of
Edward and the one holding the remains of
Mary, Queen of Scots, erected by her son James
], are of most interest, together with the tomb
of Elizabeth. Marys executioner. The whole
panorama of English history. and the entire
range of English literature in all its various de-
partments unfold before you in Westminster
Abbey. On one of my visits there was we'd
ding-that of Lord Cavendish- Bentinck and
Miss ST. Mauer. They were Of the highest
quality, and they were married in Henry the
Seventies chapel, with ceremony that required
a full hour. How empty the whole thing was
especially when you the frecklsfaced, red.
headed aristocrat who had intruded into the
sacred fame with his miserable. tawdry specta-
cle Yet it IS of 'contemporaneous human
interest,"" am bound to admit. After it was
over l was in Poets Corner. and seeing pleas
ant, intellectual looking young lady. with book
in hand, psering about among the marbles. +
ventured to call her attention to the initials of
Walton on Casaubon's bust, which had cost me
extra visit to see. She thanked me very sweetly
and then, with far-away look in her eyes, asked:
'iCan you tell me who was just married. l was
informed it was the Duke Of Westminster's
daughter" Slowly and sadly turned away to
nv communing with the dead. The grave of
Arthur Pennrhyn Stanley occupies a promi-
nent place in of the chapels. A full length
effigy reclines upon the tomb, giving fine Dor
trait OF the Dean who has eternally associated
his name with the Abbey. The Duke of Well
lngton is not in Westminster. He lies in the
crypt of ST. Paul. and there is a splendid monu-
ment to his memory in the chapel at the en-
trance, already stated. It is probably better
for the Iron Duke to be where he is, for there he